Anastasia-Maria Hountalas (she/her) is a partner at Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, where she advises and represents clients in all aspects of professional regulation. She prosecutes a wide range of disciplinary and regulatory offences. Anastasia-Maria also assists clients on appeal and regularly appears before the Divisional Court and Court of Appeal.
Anastasia-Maria provides training for statutory committees on governance and current issues in professional regulation. Anastasia-Maria speaks at the Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation (CNAR), the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR), SML Online Learning Series and other professional education conferences. She is a co-author of Richard Steinecke’s book A Complete Guide to the Regulated Health Professions Act and often contributes to SML’s Regulation Pro blog.
Anastasia-Maria is an Adjunct Professor in the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Global Professional Master of Laws Program where she teaches Professional Responsibility. She served on the Board of Directors of Young Women in Law as President and now sits on the Advisory Board.
Anastasia-Maria began her career in the litigation department of a leading national law firm, with a focus on health law. Anastasia-Maria is proficient in French. Anastasia-Maria completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History at McGill University and obtained her law degree from Queen’s University.